Zone d'identification
Cote
Titre
Date(s)
- [1800 - 1890] (Création/Production)
Niveau de description
Étendue matérielle et support
1 folder handwritten
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Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
Histoire archivistique
These papers were created in India. It is unknown how they came to be part of the Royal Asiatic Society's collections.
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
The source of acquisition is unknown.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
A series of accounts or response forms concerning Indian districts. These are handwritten on Indian paper and the accounts are accompanied by letters. One of these has been identified as an 'arzee' or response form from a junior to a senior. The junior identifies himself as Syed Mehdi Hasan and he is responding to a question posed as to whether or not the provinces demarcated in the Ain-i-Akbari by Abul Faz still exist. The response is that there are many changes which Syed Mehdi Hasan then lists. This letter is dated to 1844.
Further material has yet to be identified. One sheet bears the English words 'Benares and Mirzapore' (Varanasi and Mirzapur).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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Conditions d’accès
Open. Please contact the archivist. Details can be found here : https://royalasiaticarchives.org/. The archive is open on Tuesdays and Fridays 10-5, and Thursdays 2-5. Access is to any researcher without appointment but it will help if an appointment is made via phone or email. Please bring photo ID.
Conditions governing reproduction
Digital photography (without flash) for research purposes may be permitted upon completion of a copyright declaration form, and with respect to current UK copyright law.
Language of material
- ourdou
Script of material
Language and script notes
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
Finding aids
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Note
The interpretative details were provided by Naveena Naqui, Assistant Professor of Persianate Islamic Cultures of South Asia, University of British Colombia, in 2015.
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Mots-clés
Mots-clés - Sujets
Mots-clés - Noms
- Syed Mehdi Hasan (Sujet)
Mots-clés - Genre
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Archivist's note
These papers were catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2022.